This phase II trial studies the effect of P140K MGMT hematopoietic stem cells, O6-benzylguanine, temozolomide, and carmustine in treating participants with supratentorial glioblastoma or gliosarcoma who have recently had surgery to remove most or all of the brain tumor (resected). Chemotherapy drugs, such as 6-benzylguanine, temozolomide, and carmustine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing. Placing P140K MGMT, a gene that has been created in the laboratory into bone marrow making the bone more resistant to chemotherapy, allowing intra-patient dose escalation which kills more tumor cells while allowing bone marrow to survive.
Patients with histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed, supratentorial glioblastoma or gliosarcoma who have undergone gross total tumor resection or near gross total resection (resection of >85% of enhancing tumor demonstrated by MRI) are eligible up to 35 days post-operatively. Patients with primarily infratentorial disease, or with multifocal,or leptomeningeal dissemination of disease will be excluded. In general, patients will not have > 1 cm residual measurable or evaluable disease after surgical tumor resection.
Patient must have unmethylated MGMT
Absence Of IDH1 or IDH2mutation on tumor tissue by a CLIA-approved immunohistochemistry or DNA sequencing test on local testing
Patients aged 18-75 years.
Any known medical or hereditary condition associated with immunosuppression;orothermedical illness which may jeopardize patient safety.
Known history of HIV seropositivity. This exclusion is included for two reasons. First, there is evidence of decreased marrow reserve in HIV+ patients and antiviral treatment is associated with myelosuppression. Thus, drug treatment designed to be myelosuppressive may bemore toxic in this patient population. Second, extensive laboratory culturing of the bone marrow and peripheral blood progenitor cells is required. No preclinical samples which are HIV+ have been evaluated with the gene transfer modality proposed and thus the feasibility and safety of gene transfer and selection in HIV+ samples cannot yet be advocated. Such studies are planned so as to not preclude HIV+ patients in later studies.
Pregnant or lactating women. There is data to indicate that BCNU and TMZ is teratogenic and carcinogenic. Thus, its use in pregnant women would confer unnecessary risk to the fetus.
Patients with symptomatic pulmonary disease and other severe co-morbid respiratory conditions, including patients with active pulmonary infection and/or pulse oximetry < 90% and a corrected DLCO < 50% of predicted. However, subjects with a corrected DLCO in the range of 50-70% should have Pulmonologyclearance prior to intervention.
Leland Metheny
Lead sponsor
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sponsor institution
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator